Mabkietg-out line eoe gardeitehs



Patented Nov. 23, 1920.

were stars EDWARD .B. MOORE,

OF NEWARK. OHIO.

MARKING-OUT LINE FOR GABDENERS.

rename.

Specification of Letters Fatent. Patented N 23 1920; v

Application filed May 15, 1918 Serial No. 234,810. Renewed April 20, 1920. Serial No. 375,418.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Beware B. Moore, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Licking and state of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Marking-Gut Line for Gardeners, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of this invention to pro vide a simple means whereby .a line of the sort used in laying out a garden may be housed and protected from the weather when the occasion for its use has passed, novel means being provided for supporting the device in the ground, novel means being provided for limiting the rotation of the reel, and a novel connection between the reel and the reel-shaft being supplied.

Changes such as a mechanic might make may be resorted to within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a front elevation; Fig. 2 is a side elevation; Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 1 is an elevation showing the shaft; Fig. 5 is a fragmental side elevation.

The device includes an arched casing 1 including a back 2 provided at its lower edge with a spur 3 and supplied at its upper edge with a handle a which may be T- shaped or otherwise. The spur 3 is pro vided with an outstanding rib 5 extended upwardly upon the back 2. All of the parts above mentioned preferably are formed integrally and are made of metal. The longitudinal edges of the spur 3 converge as shown at 21. The rear edge of the rib 5 slants as shown at 22 toward the spur 3 and runs out to nothing, as shown at 28, between the upper and lower ends of the spur. The rib 5 reinforces the spur S and the back 2 and prevents the spur from twisting in the ground. Owing to the slant of the rear ec ge of the rib 5, shown at 22, the rib does not interfere with the insertion of the spur 3 into the soil.

A shaft 6 is journaled in the sides of the casing 1 and has an intermediate bend 7. At one end, the shaft is supplied with an arm 8 carrying a handle 9, the parts 8 and 9 forming a crank. A latch 10 is pivoted at 11 to one side of the casing 1 and swings parallel thereto, the latch being provided at its free end with an offset seat 12. The

arm 8 of the crank moves close to the said side of the casing 1 so that the arm may be engaged bythe seat 12 of the latch 10 in a manner to be described hereinafter.

A reel 1% is disposed within the casing 1 and includes side walls 15 and a tubular core 16 connecting the side walls. The shaft 6 passes through the core 16 and the bend 7 holds the reel on the shaft and prevents the shaft from moving endwise out of the reel and out of the casing. A considerable force is required to drive the shaft 6 into the core 16 and when the shaft thus is driven to place, the bend 7 is put under strong compression and holds the shaft and the reel assembled, the interior of the core 16 being smooth and it being unnecessary to form seats in the interior of the core to receive the bend 7, the shaft and the reel being connected securely together for simultaneous rotation.

A line 17 is engaged about the core 16 of the reel Hand is adapted to be paid out through an opening 20 formed in the intermediate portion of an arched guide 18 hav ing its ends secured at 19 to the side walls of the casing 1.

In practical operation, the line 17 may be run off the reel 14 to any desired extent, the latch 10 being swung on its pivot 11, parallel to the side wall of the casing 1, until the seat 12 of the latch engages the arm 8 as shown in Figs. 2 or 5. the reel 14- thus being held against rotation, and it being possible to lay out any desired number of lines of plants, of the same length, by moving the device from place to place, the spur 3 being inserted into the ground at the beginning of each new line. The member 17 preferably is provided with markers spaced from each other by a distance equal to that which is, to exist between the plants, but since a showing of the markers in the drawings would impair the clearness thereof, the markers have not been shown. A gardener will be fully competent to add the markers and to space them as desired.

When the occasion for the use of the device has passed, it may be permitted to stand speared into the ground, the line 17 being wound upon the reel 14: and being housed under the casing 1, the line being protected from the weather.

1. In a device of the class described, an arched casing including aback provided at its lower end with a depending spur having a longitudinal outstanding rib extended upon the back; a shaft jonrnaled in the casing; and a reel on the shaft and housed beneath the casing.

2. In a device of the class described, an arched casing including sides and a back, the casing being open at the front and at the bottom; an arched guide carried by the sides of the casing and projecting forwardly beyond the forward edge of thecasing, the guide having a line-receiving opening; a reel journaled in the sides of the casing behind the guide; means for operating the reel from a point exterior to the casing; and a ground engaging spur depending from the casin 3. n a device of the class described, an arched casing having a groundengaging spur; a shaft journaled in the casing and provided with an arm; a reel on the shaft and housed within the casing; a latch on the casing and engaging the arm independently of the shaft; and an arched guide carried by the casing and projecting forwardly therefrom in front of the reel, the guide being provided with a line-receiving opening.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

G. L. V. ll lorxrz, A- HAINES. 

